Foreword

Why Is Ali Ibn Musa (s) Called al-Ridha

Traditions About Imam al-Ridha’s Mother and Her Name

On the Birthdate of Imam al-Ridha(s)

On Imam Al-kazim’s (s) Clear Appointment of Imam al-Ridha (s)

On Musa Ibn Ja’far’s Will

On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s)

On Traditions About Musa Ibn Ja’far (s), Harun Ar-rashid and Musa Ibn Al-mahdi

Traditions On the Death of Abi Ibrahim Musa Ibn Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-hussein (s)

The Descendants of God’s Prophet (s) Said To Have Been Killed By Ar-rashid in One Night After Poisoning Musa Ibn Ja’far (s) - Besides Those Killed By Others

On Reasons For the Formation of the Waqifites

On Traditions From al-Ridha About Unity

A Session of al-Ridha (s)’s Debate With the Prominent Theologians From Among the Rhetoricians and the Various Religions

A Session in the Presence of Al-ma’mun of al-Ridha’s Debate On Unity With Soleiman Al-marwazi - the Theologian From Khorasan

Another Session of al-Ridha (s) and Al-ma’mun Along With People From Different Nations, and the Rhetoricians, As Well As Imam Al- Ridha’s Answers To Muhammad Ibn Al-jahm Regarding the Immaculateness of the Prophets

Another Session With al-Ridha (s) and Al-ma’mun On the Infallibility of the Prophets

Al-Ridha’s Words On the People of the Ditch

Imam al-Ridha’s Words On the Interpretation of the Almighty God’s Words, ‘and We Ransomed Him With a Momentous Sacrifice.’[327]

On Imam al-Ridha’s Views On the Prophet’s Statement, “I Am the Son of the Two Offerings”

On al-Ridha’s Words On the Sign of the Imam

On What al-Ridha (s) Has Said Regarding Divine Leadership, Its Nobilities and the Rank of the Divine Leader

Al-Ridha’s Words On the Marriage of the Blessed Lady Fatima (s)

On What al-Ridha (s) Said About Faith That Is Recognition of Paradise, Verbal Confession and Physical Action

On al-Ridha’s Debates With Al-ma’mun Regarding the Difference Between Family (itra) and Nation

On al-Ridha’s Words About the Man From Syria and His Questions From the Commander of the Faithful (s) in the Kufa Mosque

On What Is Narrated By al-Ridha (s) About Zayd Ibn Ali

On Rare Traditions From al-Ridha About Various Issues

On What al-Ridha (s) Said About Harut and Marut

On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s)

What Has Been Narrated From al-Ridha (s) On the Characteristics of the Prophet (s)

Various Traditions From al-Ridha (s)

1 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمن القُرَشِي الْحاكِم قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُوبكر مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خالِد بن الحَسَن المطوعي البخاري قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبي داوُدِ بِبَغْداد قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ حرب الملائي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو الصَّلْتِ الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُحَمَّد عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ الإِيمَانُ إِقْرَارٌ بِاللِّسَانِ وَمَعْرِفَةٌ بِالْقَلْبِ وَعَمَلٌ بِالأَرْكَانِ.

22-1 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abdurrahman al-Qurashi al-Hakim narrated that Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Khalid ibn Al-Hassan al-Motawwa’iy al-Bokhari quoted on the authority of Abu Bakr ibn Abi Dawood in Baghdad, on the authority of Ali ibn Harb al-Mulla’ee, on the authority of Abu Salt al-Harawi, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Faith is recognition by the heart, expression by the tongue and enacting by the body parts.”

2 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو أحْمَد مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد البندار بِفُرغانَة قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو العَبَّاسِ‏ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جمهور الحمادي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عمر بْنِ مَنْصُورِ البلخي بِمَكَّةِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنايُونِس ‏بن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزِيد بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه الجمحي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْد السَّلامُ بْنِ صالِح الهَرَوِيِّ، عَن عَلاىِّ بْنِ‏ِلرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ الإيمان مَعْرِفَةِ بِالقلب وَإِقْرار بِاللسان وَعَمَلِ بِالأَركان.

22-2 Abu Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Bondar at Forqanah narrated that Abul Abbas Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Jomhoor al-Hammadi quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Mansoor al-Balkhi at Mecca, on the authority of Abu Yunus Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Abdullah al-Jomahy, on the authority of Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Faith is recognition by the heart, expression by the tongue and enacting by the body parts.”

3 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار عَن أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَن بَكْرِ بْنِ صالِح الرَّازِيُّ، عَن أَبي الصَّلْتِالهَرَوِيِّ قالَ سَأَلْت الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَنِ الإِيمان فَقالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: الإِيمان عَقدٌ بِالقَلب وَلَفظٌ بِاللِّسانِ وَعَمَلٌ بِالجَوارِح لا يَكُونُ الإيمانُ إِلاّ هكَذا.

22-3 Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on theauthority of Bakr ibn Salih al-Razi, on the authority of Abi Salt al-Harawi, “I asked Al-Ridha (s) about faith. He (s) said, ‘Faith is belief in the heart, expression by the tongue and enacting by the body parts. Anything else would not be faith.’”

4 - أَخْبَرنِي سُلَيْمان بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ أَيُّوب اللخمي فِيما كتب إِلى‏ من أصبهان قالَ: حَدَّثَناعَبْد العَزِيز وَمَعاذَ بْنِ المُثَنّى قالا حَدَّثَنا عَبْد السَّلامُ بْنِ صالِح الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبِيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَن عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الإِيمان مَعرِفَةٌ بِالقَلبِ وَإِقْرارٌ بِاللِّسانِ وَعَمَلٌ بِالأَركانِ.

22-4 In what Soleiman ibn Ahmad ibn Ayyoub al-Lakhmi wrote to me from Isfahan, he narrated that Ali ibn Abdul Aziz and Ma’az ibn al-Muthanna quoted on the authority of Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Faith is recognition by the heart, expression by the tongue and enacting by the body parts.”

5 - حَدَّثَنا حَمْزَة بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيْد بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن بْنِ‏أَبي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بقم فِي رَجَب سِنَةَ تِسْعَ وَثَلاثِينَ وَثَلاثِمائَةٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبُو الحَسَن عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّد البزاز قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو أحْمَد داوُدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمان الغازي قالَ: حَدَّثَناعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ حَدَّثَنا أَبي مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى الباقِر عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الإِيمان إِقْرارٌ بِاللّسانِ وَمَعْرِفَةٌ بِالقَلبِ وَعَمَلٌ بِالأَركانَ.قالَ حَمْزَة بْن مُحَمَّد العَلَوِي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ وَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمن بْنِ أَبي حاتَمُ يَقُولُ: وَسَمِعْتُ أَبي يَقُولُ: وَقَدْ رَوى‏ هذا الْحَدِيث، عَن أَبي الصَّلْتِ الهَرَوِيِّ عَبْد السَّلامُ بن صالِحٍ، عَن عَلِىِّ بْنِ‏مُوسَى‏الرِّضاعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ بِإِسْنادِهِ مِثْلَهُ قالَ أَبُو حاتَمُ: لَوْ قُرِىَ هذا الإِسنادُ عَلَى مَجنُونٍ لَبَرِئٍ.

22-5 In the (Arabic) month of Rajab of the year 339 A.H Hamza ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) in Qum narrated that Abul Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad al-Bazzaz quoted on the authority of Abu Ahmad Dawood ibn Soleiman al-Qadhi, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Faith is recognition by the heart, expression by the tongue and enacting by the body parts.”The same tradition was narrated by Hamza ibn Muhammad al-Alawi - may God be pleased with him - who quoted it on the authority of Abdurrahman ibn Abi Hatam who quoted it on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abi Salt al-Harawi Abdul Salam ibn Salih, on the authority of Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), through a similar chain of narrations as before. Abu Hatam said, “Should the names in these chains of documentation of tradition be read to an insane man he would get healed.”

6 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي ‏رحمه الله قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَعْقِل القِرْميسِينيُّ، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهبْنِ طاهِرٍ قالَ: كُنْت واقِفاً عَلَى رَأْس أَبي وَعنْدَهُ أَبُوالصَّلْتِ الهَرَوِيِّ وَإِسْحاق بْنِ راهْوَيْه، وَأَحمَدِ بنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنبَلٍ فَقالَ أَبي: لِيُحَدِّثني كُلِّ رَجُلٍ مِنْكُمْ بِحَدِيثٍ، فَقالَ أَبُو الصَّلْتِ الهَرَوِيِّ: حَدَّثني عَلِيُّ بنُ موسَى الرِّضاعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ - وَكانَ وَاللَّه رَضِىَ كَما سُمِّي- عَنْ أَبيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَن أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَن أبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىّ، عَن أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن، عَن أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ، عَن أَبِيهِ عَلِىِّ بنِ أَبي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الإِيمَانُ قَوْلٌ وَعَمَلٌ؛ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا، قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ: مَا هَذَا الإِسْنَادُ؟ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبِي: هَذَا سَعُوطُ الَْمجَانِينِ إِذَا سُعِطَ بِهِ الَْمجْنُونُ أَفَاقَ.

22-6 My father - May God Have Mercy upon Him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Ma’qil al-Qirmiseeni quoted on the authority of Muhammadibn Abdullah ibn Tahir, “I was standing with my father. Abu Salt al-Harawi, Ishaq ibn Rahawayh and Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal were also present there. My father said, “Each of you should narrate a tradition for me.” Abu Salt al-Harawi said, “Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s), who I swear by God was really pleasant as his name indicates, quoted on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Faith consists of talking and action.” When we left Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal said, “What form of chain of traditions was that?” My father said, “It is the healing medication for the insane. If they treat a mad man using it, he will be healed.”

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Volume 1

Book 2, Chapter 22